SOCB50H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Psychological Abuse, Kennedy (Ttc), Bourgeoisie
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Attachment: caring about what other people think of you (i. e. teacher, parents, friends, don"t want to anger or disappoint others. Good marriage effect: commitment to a good marriage reduces crime. Encourages people to conform: can be applied to employer-employee relationship too. No charging or prosecuting, but still socially deterring with social stigma in the newspaper publications: affected the attachment and commitment spokes. Desistance: abstaining from crime and/or other forms of deviant behaviour. Compared to other theories, social control theory isn"t actually all that bad and has more evidence to support it. Maybe we"re not born bad, but we"re born unsocialized: we learn via attachment, connection, involvement, to conform and not engage in deviancy. Self-control theory: low impulse self-control is the main explanation of. Crime: personality profile with someone who is impulsive, difficulty delaying gratification, quick to raise his/her temper, open to diversity of opinions or beliefs.
